Brush-holder.



F. C. STIEFEL.

BRUSH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.2,1915.

1,143,090, Patented June 15, 1915.

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FRANK C. STIEFEL, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE CURTISPUBLISHING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

BRUSH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed January 2, 1915. Serial No. 12.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, FRANK C. STIEFEL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBrush-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a strong,comparatively inexpensive and efficient brush holder in respect to whichbrushes may be readily removed for renewal or reversal and by which abrush is firmly held for use.

The invention will be claimed at the end hereof, but will be firstdescribed in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1, is an'end view of a brush holder embodying features of the invention.Fig. 2, is a top or plan view of the same, and Fig. 3, is a side view.

' In the drawings there are a pair of duplicate clamp members pivotedtogether intermediate of their lengths, as at 1. These members provideopposed curved jaws 2 and confronting straight shanks 3. The jaws areshown as reticulated as at 4:,which makes them light without detractingfrom their requisite strength.

5 are set-screws,'of which two are shown and they penetrate one of theshanks and V bear at their ends upon the other shank.

6, is a handle-socket on one of the clamp members and as shown it isformed on a bar 7 arranged between two of the reticulations or openings.

In use the handle 8 is secured to the socket 6 as by a pin 9 and abrush, indicated by dotted lines diagrammatically in Fig. 1, is placedbetween the jaws 2 and firmly clamped by means of the set-screws 5. Thecurved jaws hold the brush firmly and in such a way that its back isprotected from splitting or other injury. A new brush may be inserted inthe clamp, or an old brush removed and turned around in respect to thehandle 8 for use by the simple operation of manipulating the set-screws5.

What I claim is:

A brush holder comprising the combination of a pair of duplicate clampmembers pivoted together intermediate of their lengths and providingopposed curved jaws and confronting straight shanks, a set-screwpenetrating one of the shanks and bearing at its end upon the othershank, and a handle-socket on one of the clamp members, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

FRANK G. STIEFEL. Witnesses: CLIFFORD K. CAssEL,

FRANK E. FRENCH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents'each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

